Hurricane Alex moves inland over northeastern Mexico

Hurricane Alex, at 10 p.m. Wednesday, was centered at latitude 24.3 north and longitude 97.8 west, at Soto La Marina, Mexico, about 35 miles north of La Pesca, Mexico, and about 110 miles south of Brownsville, Texas. It made landfall about 9 p.m.

Delcia Lopez, The Monitor, via The Associated PressDennis McLane of the Texas State Guard talks to an unidentified child Wednesday afternoon at a high school in Elsa, Texas, being used as a shelter for residents fleeing Hurricane Alex.

The maximum sustained winds for Hurricane Alex were 100 mph, making it a Category Two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It was moving west at 10 mph, a movement that is expected to continue for the next day or so. The minimum central pressure was 947 millibars or 27.96 inches. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 35 miles from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extend up to 205 miles.

The hurricane warning for the coast of Texas south of Baffin Bay has been changed to a tropical storm warning. A tropical storm warning remains in effect in Texas north ot Port O'Connor.

Steady weakening is expected as the tropical cyclone moves over land, and Alex is expected to dissipate over Mexico within a day or two.